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prettygoodwordtumbrel or tumbril (TUHM-bruhl) - n., (hist.) an uncertain medieval punishment device, later identified with a ducking stool; a farm cart suited to tipping over to dump its load; (hist.) a cart carrying a condemned person to a place of execution, such as during the French Revolution.
All of which convey the sense of being tumbled. In the early 14th century, it was spelled tumberell, meaning the ducking stool, from Old French tomberel (modern French tombereau), from tomber, to tumble/fall, of uncertain origin but possibly Germanic via an unattested Frankish word, in which case it's cognate of tumble (which is a frequentive form of the common root).
---L.
All of which convey the sense of being tumbled. In the early 14th century, it was spelled tumberell, meaning the ducking stool, from Old French tomberel (modern French tombereau), from tomber, to tumble/fall, of uncertain origin but possibly Germanic via an unattested Frankish word, in which case it's cognate of tumble (which is a frequentive form of the common root).
---L.
